Spring is here and the convention summer is on the horizon. Time for some updates. I am, still, working diligently a revamped website, so we can add more content and functionality to the Herald’s Guild. However the work is getting lonely and the process could do with some extra eyes, ears, hands and commenting mouths. In short I could do with a few web (WordPress?) savvy volunteers. If working on websites is not your thing, […]

3D Scenery. I have often stood in awe of the spectacular setups some DMs pull off. Inspiring stuff that really makes me want to try and build some of it for myself. I may need some help though. For those who do not suffer zero-fine-motor-skills-syndrome like me, Tom Henderson has provided us with a great article on Using 3D Scenery Effectively at conventions. I will have to find some way to play at his table one […]

Just in time for Winter Fantasy, the last of our Gen Con Seminars. Teos Abadia waxes poeti…err talks about different player types you will find at your table and how to engage them. As always, questions and comments can be directed to our email

With the time to start packing for Winter Fantasy upon me, time to post some useful content. From an actual professional no less. John duBois provides us with tips on how not to lose our voice while DMing at conventions. Having lost my voice several times at a convention I for one will be trying to follow the tips below and many thanks to John for his insights. Keep Your Voice Healthy, by John duBois […]

Yet another of our Gencon seminars for you. Unfortunately this seminar ran out of time, so you will find a few slides lack audio. Additionally some of the information in this seminar has been….deprecated. In part by that new guild on the block, and in part by other developments. Time moves ever on, its what it does :). As always, questions and comments can be directed to our email

Over the last year a lot of behind the scenes activity has gone on within the Herald’s Guild. We are going to try and make that more transparent so it does not get quite so silent here. For now I would like to present one of the things we have been working on. Our code of conduct. The Herald’s Guild wants to be a resource for DM’s, providing advice, experienced insights, tips, tricks and hopefully […]

Welcome to 2016 one and all. Lets make it a good one. So the holidays have passed and by now the first of the new years resolutions have gone the way of the lost kobold meeting a group of murder hobos. Winter Fantasy is about a month away and I for one am looking forward to it. Today we are posting the second of our seminars, Shawn Merwin and Chuck Benscoter provide us with advice […]

As you may remember, last Gen Con we ran several seminars for Dms. Part of those seminars was the promise that we were recording the sessions and that they would be posted on this site. Time to make good on that promise. For your viewing (mostly listening) pleasure we present DMing 101: Table Management: We are working to get the other 3 seminars posted a.s.a.p. and hope you enjoy and find use in this content. […]